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EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Fall Forever Into Chassm’s “Falling Forever”

June 22, 2021

Quite the title, huh? Good thing the album we're premiering here in full is much better than that. Emerging from the endless cauldron of excellent music that is Art As Catharsis, Chassm rides the wave of energ... Read More...

236 – Matt Greiner of August Burns Red

Noyan

June 22, 2021

Podcast

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week we have a special guest, Matt Greiner of August Burns Red! We talk about a bunch of things, including the band's evolution over time, writing complicated songs and making the... Read More...

Mosh Lit // June 2021

Bridget Hughes

June 21, 2021

Mosh Lit

Hello and welcome to Mosh Lit, our monthly column on storytelling in the world of metal. In yet another “glitch in the matrix” moment, the United States’ Navy officially released a report analyzing videos of unidentified flying objects, also known as... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: New Fawn Limbs Will Leave You “Twitching, Lapsing”

Trent Bos

June 21, 2021

Premieres

If you're into the darkest and most chaotic sides of extreme music and aren't familiar with Fawn Limbs, you've got some catching up to do. The dissonant, grinding mathcore trio have shaken the scene of late wi... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 6/18/21

Scott Murphy

June 18, 2021

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Mountain Caller Are Back With “Something Stirred From Beneath the Rubble”

Eden Kupermintz

June 16, 2021

Premieres

Last year, many of us here at the blog were blown away by Mountain Caller's Chronicle I: The Truthseeker a heavy, expansive, sci-fi adventure into the realms of fuzz, groove, stoner, and instrumental metal. The album offered what many in the above cited sub-g... Read More...

235 – Bottom Text

Noyan

June 16, 2021

Podcast

Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! Back on the grind with the half-year review. We talk about a few new releases, including Machine Head, Interloper, Ophidian I, and Structures. Then we talk about the albums we connecte... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Manipulator Got Nothing to Hide on “Naked and Open”

Jordan Jerabek

June 14, 2021

Premieres

For me, the true beauty in grind is in its power, density, directness, and brevity. It’s not the place for savoring anything other than the lasting burn of getting completely scorched for 10 minutes, like the ... Read More...

Monthly Missive // June 2021

Eden Kupermintz

June 14, 2021

Monthly Missive

It's June. This means several things: first, it means that it's getting real hot over here in my corner of the world and that means that I'm not sleeping as well. Secondly, it means that we're getting real close to a full year of what we call, internally, Hea... Read More...

Delving into delving: An Interview with delving/Elder’s Nick DiSalvo

Simon Handmaker

June 14, 2021

Interviews

Those keyed into modern progressive rock, heavy psych, or doom metal should instantly recognize Nick Disalvo’s name from Elder. On their five LPs released across the past decade and change, the Berlin- née New... Read More...